Enjoy this fine Cuban brand, legally! OK, OK, so calling this a "Cuban brand" may be a tad misleading, but technically, it's the truth—and our lawyers will support us on this—we checked it out. Here's the skinny. Fonseca was originally made in Cuba, and still is (making it a Cuban brand, no?) but for years it has also been hand-rolled by Manolo Quesada in the Dominican Republic. Quesada's great-great grandfather started brokering tobacco leaf in … Read More

The Gurkha cigar line is one of the company's more affordable cigars. We wish we could offer members something from their HMR (His Majesty's Reserve) line. At $15,000 a box—the world's most expensive production cigar—you'll understand why we don't. HMRs are that expensive because they're enhanced with Louis XIII cognac which sells for about $1,500 a bottle. Obviously, our Gurkha offering isn't in the same league price-wise but the Gurkha Black do… Read More

We can't talk about the maduro-wrapped version of Lot 23 without first talking about the traditional Perdomo Lot 23. The brand refers to a field of special tobaccos cultivated in 2000 when Nick Perdomo planted an experimental crop on a virgin field in Nicaragua which he dubbed Lot 23. This field produced a very small crop of tobaccos. Six years later they were carefully blended to create a unique Nicaraguan puro. On the traditional Lot 23, the wr… Read More

Packaging doesn't always reflect the quality of a cigar but in the case of the Cedros Deluxe #2, you won't be disappointed. The quality of the smoke is reflected in the luxurious packaging with its thin cedar sleeve and its extra gold band at the foot. The legendary Romeo y Julieta brand lives up to its Cuban heritage. A Cameroon wrapper cloaks a blend of Dominican and Honduran long-fillers in this medium-bodied stogie. This bold blend promotes a… Read More

T. Mercedes hails from the Dominican Republic. The blend is composed of a combination of Piloto Cubano Dominican long-fillers grown in the Cibao Valley, a region renowned for growing the country's finest and most flavorful tobaccos. Cloaked in a dark, toothy Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro wrapper, this mild- to medium-bodied stogie is handcrafted into its impressive perfecto shape. The stick burns well. We found it toasty, woody and smooth—no harsh… Read More